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' K. O. GILLETTE. Tap Bushing and Valve Combined.

No. 226,059 Patented Mar. 30, I880.

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N.FETFHS, FHOTO-UYNOGRAF'HER. WASHINGTON, D c.

Thnrnn firnrns Parnwr KING 0. GILLETTE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TAP BUSHING AND VALVE COMBINED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 226,059, dated March30, 1880.

Application filed October 18, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, K n: I GILLETTE, of New York, county and State ofNew York, have invented a certain new and Improved Tap Bushing and ValveCombined, of which the following is a specification.

This invention consists in combining a tapvalve with a tap-bushing madeof severallay-' ers of wood with the grain running in differentdirections in such a simple and effective manner that the cost of makingthe same is greatly reduced and the liability to leakage reduced to aminimum.

The frame to which the flap-valve is pivoted is asmall plate providedwith two ears or lugs on its upper surface and two sharp projections onits under surface at its ends, which fit into holes in the inner face ofthe bung, and assist to hold the frame in place, it being securelyfastened to the bushing by one of the screws which hold the variouslayers of wood together.

The valve is composed of a thimble of thin metal fitted into a hole madein the inside layer of wood, somewhat larger than the tap-hole in theother part of the bushing. The object of making the bush larger than thetap-hole is to prevent the tap coming in contact with the bush when itis inserted in the tap-hole, and so marring or disturbing the bush,which projects beyond the exposed side of the inside layer of wood toallow the flap to close fairly against its outer edge, and its inneredge is provided with a flange, which fits intoacountersunk recess madetherefor in the inner layer of wood, so that it is firmly held in placewhen the different layers of wood are secured together, which Igenerally do by applying glue to them before the holding-screws arescrewed through them.

Inthe accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure1 is a central sectional view of my combined tap-valve and tapbushing,and Fig. 2 is a face view of the inner side of it with the flap of thetap-valve removed.

The tap-bushing is composed of the pieces of wood a b c d, which areglued and held together by the screws 0 e c. It is turned true on theoutside to fit a hole made in the head of the cask or barrel to which itis to be applied, and is also provided with the central hole, 6, for theadmission of the tap. This central hole, 6, is closed on the side whichis inside the barrel or cask by means of a flapvalve, which will nowdescribe. The inside piece of wood, a, is provided with a central holelarger in diameter than the hole made through the balance of thetap-bushing 1) cd, andithas a countersunk recess on the side next to thepiece of wood I). In the central hole in the piece a is fitted the thinmetal sleeve or bush f, which is provided with a flange at one endadapted to fit into the countersunk recess, and the other end of thesleeve or bush f projects somewhat beyond the exposed face of the pieceof wood a, and is made with a sharp edge, so as to make a tight jointwith the flap of the valve. The part a, with the sleeve f fittedtherein, to which may be applied some white lead to insure a perfectjoint between them, is connected to the part b by glue, or may be heldthereto simply by the screws 0 0. After the other parts, I) c d, havebeen glued together, the whole is then turned, as before described.

The flap 9 of the valve is connected to the part a of the bushing bymeans of the pin h passing through the projecting pieces g g, andthrough ears standing up from the small plate i, which is securely heldto the bushing by one of the screws 6 passing through it, and isprevented from turning by being provided with two spurs, n n, whichenter the wood a, as shown in dotted lines.

The flap g is so placed as to be concentric with the sleeve or bush f,which forms the seat of the valve, and is pressed thereto by the spiralspring I, surrounding the pin it, and bent so as to bear against thecenter of the back of the flap.

It is obvious that other forms of valves than that described and shownmay be used in conjunction with the valve-seat f, combined with thetap-bushing a b c das, for instance, a flat circular stem valve adaptedto be pushed away from the seat f by the end of the tap.

Itwill be observed that by reason of this arrangementlam enabled to saveconsiderable metal in the construction of the valve, besides doingawaywith the necessity of using any screws to secure it in place, as itis so held by one of the screws employed to strengthen the bushing andassist to hold the parts a b 0 (Z together.

The flap g is pushed away from the valveface or bush f by the end of thetap when inserted through the taphole 0; but the tap does not touch thevalve-face or bush f to move or disturb it, it being made larger thanthe hole 6 principally for this purpose.

I may mention that another of the advantages of this construction oftap-valves is, that the same may be applied to barrels already madewithout necessitating the removal of the head for this purpose, it beingonly necessary 0 to bore a hole of the size of the bushing a I) c d,which is held in place and made tight by means of glue or white lead,and by putting count of the crossgrain of the various pieces of wood, ismuch more durable than when made through the cask or barrel head itself.

The tap bush made of severallayers of wood. is the subject of anotherapplication of mine for Letters Patent now pending. I wish it understoodthat I do not here claim anything relating to its construction andapplication, nor to the construction of the flap and spring of thevalve; but

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with the tap-bushing a b c d, the valve-seat ortap-valve formed by the bush f, substantially as and for the purposehereinbefore set forth.

2. The flap g, in combination with the plate t, provided with the spursn a, and secured to the tap-bushing a I) c d by one of itsstrengthening-screws, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbeforeset forth.

3. In a tap-valve and tap -bushing combined, the flap g, plate 11,sleeve or bush f, and bushing a b c d, all constructed and arrangedsubstantially as hereinbefore set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 16th day ofOctober, 1879.

KING 0. GILLETTE.

Witnesses:

CHAS. Gr. SINGER, H. D. WILLIAMS.

